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Department manages invasive species 

by following IPM principles. IPM is 

defined as a sustainable approach to 

managing invasive species by a 

combination of biological, physical, and 

chemical methods that minimizes 

economic, health, and environmental 

risks (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act [FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 

136r–1]). IPM is a science-based 

decision-making process that guides 

bureaus when investigating a pest 

situation. Following IPM principles 

means acting in a manner that reduces 

risks from both the target species and 

associated management activities. The 

IPM approach determines the most 

appropriate and cost-effective 

management solution for the specific 

situation. IPM reduces risks to people, 

resources, and the environment from 

pests and from the strategies used to 

manage them. Biological control 

methods include using predators, 

parasites, pathogens, and grazing 

animals. Physical methods include 

using manual and mechanical methods. 

Chemical methods include the 

application of pesticides. Any 

application of chemicals must be 

approved through the respective 

bureau’s pesticide use proposal process. 

It must also adhere to pesticide label 

requirements as approved by the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

all other applicable Federal, Tribal, 

Territorial, State, local, and agency 

regulations and bureau policies 

pertaining to application, handling, 

storage, and transportation. The 

pesticide use proposal systems at each 

bureau function to reduce risks to the 

public, bureau resources, and the 

environment from pests and pest-related 

management strategies. Each time a 

pesticide is used within the Federal 

boundaries that usage must be reviewed 

by a bureau subject matter expert. The 

internal review is determined by the 

type of pesticide, the site where its use 

is proposed, the target species, and 

many other criteria. 

Actions conducted by other bureaus 

within the Department for invasive 

species management are similar to the 

type of actions that NPS conducts. 

Therefore, the impacts of the adopting 

bureaus’ actions are anticipated to be 

similar to the impacts of NPS actions, 

which are not significant, absent the 

existence of extraordinary 

circumstances. The Department has 

determined that the adopting bureaus’ 

proposed adoption of the CE as 

described in this notice is appropriate. 

Consideration of Extraordinary 

Circumstances 

As NPS does when applying this CE, 

Responsible Officials within the 

adopting bureaus will evaluate the 

proposed actions to determine whether 

there are any extraordinary 

circumstances, listed at 43 CFR 46.215, 

that would preclude reliance on the CE. 

The extraordinary circumstances 

include, in part, consideration of 

impacts on public health and safety; 

natural resources and unique geographic 

characteristics as historic or cultural 

resources; park, recreation, or refuge 

lands; wilderness areas; wild or scenic 

rivers; national natural landmarks, sole 

or principal drinking water aquifers; 

prime farmlands; wetlands; floodplains; 

national monuments; migratory birds; 

and other ecologically significant or 

critical areas; unresolved conflicts 

concerning alternative uses of available 

resources; unique or unknown 

environmental risks; precedent for 

future decision-making; historic 

properties; listed species or critical 

habitat; low income or minority 

populations; access by Indian religious 

practitioners to, and for ceremonial use 

of, Indian sacred sites and the physical 

integrity of those sites; and contribution 

to the introduction, continued 

existence, or spread of invasive plants 

or non-native invasive species. The 

Department’s list of extraordinary 

circumstances is used by all bureaus 

within the Department. Therefore, 

Responsible Officials in the adopting 

bureaus intending to rely on this CE will 

review whether the proposed action has 

the potential to result in significant 

effects, as described in the Department’s 

extraordinary circumstances. If the 

Responsible Official cannot rely on a 

categorical exclusion to support a 

decision on a particular proposed action 

due to extraordinary circumstances, the 

Responsible Official will prepare an EA 

or EIS, consistent with 40 CFR 

1501.4(b)(2) and 43 CFR 46.205(c). 

Notice to the Public and Documentation 

of Adoption 

This notice identifies to the public 

that seven Department bureaus are 

adopting the NPS’s CE used for invasive 

species control and eradication (E.6 

Restoration of noncontroversial native 

species into suitable habitats within 

their historic range and elimination of 

exotic species.). The CE will be 

available to use by the adopting bureaus 

that undertake or fund invasive species 

management—the Bureau of Land 

Management, the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

Office of Insular Affairs, the U.S. 

Geological Survey, and the Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement, in addition to NPS. The 

notice identifies the types of actions to 

which the bureaus within the 

Department will apply the CE, as well 

as the considerations these bureaus will 

use in determining whether an action is 

within the scope of the CE. This 

documentation of the approved 

adoption is available at https://

www.doi.gov/oepc/nepa/categoricalexclusions and will also be made 

available on each adopting bureau’s web 

page for CE adoptions. The adopting 

bureaus will add the adopted CE to their 

applicable NEPA chapters in part 516 of 

the DM. 

Authorities 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). 

Stephen G. Tryon, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_PO#4820000251 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program, Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision (ROD) for the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for the Coastal Plain 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The 

signature of the Acting Deputy Secretary 

of the Department of the Interior on the 

ROD constitutes the final decision of the 

Department, thereby completing the 

required National Environmental Policy 

Act process for implementing an oil and 

gas leasing program within the Coastal 

Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge. 

DATES: The ROD was signed on 

December 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The ROD is available online 

at the BLM National Environmental 

Policy Act Register at https://

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project/2015144/510. Printed copies of 

the ROD will also be available for public 

inspection upon publication of this 

notice at the following locations: 

BLM Alaska Public Information 

Center, James M. Fitzgerald Federal 

Building, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone: (907) 

271–5960. 

Alaska Resources Library & 

Information Services, 3211 Providence 

Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage, AK 99508, 

telephone: (907) 272–7547. 

Printed copies can be provided upon 

request by contacting the BLM Alaska 

Public Information Center listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At 

the BLM: Serena Sweet, Branch Chief of 

Planning and Project Management; 

telephone: 907–271–4345; email: 

ssweet@blm.gov, or Stephanie Kuhns, 

Acting District Manager, Arctic District; 

telephone: 907–474–2310; email: 

skuhns@blm.gov. 

At the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS): Bobbie Jo Skibo, 

Strategic Conservation and Coastal Plain 

Coordinator; telephone: 907–441–1539; 

email: bobbiejo_skibo@fws.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Sweet. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

20001 of Public Law 115–97 (https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW115publ97/pdf/PLAW-115publ97.pdf) 

requires the Secretary of the Interior, 

acting through the BLM, to establish and 

administer a competitive oil and gas 

program for the leasing, development, 

production, and transportation of oil 

and gas in and from the Coastal Plain 

area within the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge. The BLM was directed to 

manage the oil and gas leasing program 

on the Coastal Plain in a manner similar 

to lease sales under the Naval Petroleum 

Reserves Production Act of 1976 

(including regulations). Section 20001 

also requires the BLM to offer two lease 

sales by December 22, 2021 and 2024, 

respectively, and for each sale to offer 

at least 400,000 acres containing those 

areas that have the highest potential for 

discovery of hydrocarbons. 

The ROD approves a program to carry 

out this statutory directive. By 

determining where and under what 

terms and conditions leasing will occur, 

the ROD takes into account the 

requirements of Public Law 115–97 and 

other applicable law. To inform this 

Decision, the BLM and United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service, as joint lead 

agencies, prepared the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program SEIS (Leasing 

SEIS). The ROD supersedes the original 

Coastal Plain leasing program ROD, 

issued in August 2020. 

The ROD adopts Alternative D2 from 

the November 2024 Leasing SEIS to 

govern BLM’s further administration of 

the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program. The ROD determines which 

lands to make available for leasing 

under the Coastal Plain program and the 

terms and conditions (i.e., lease 

stipulations and required operating 

procedures) to be applied to leases and 

authorizations for specific oil and gas 

activities. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9(c)(5)(ii)) 

Steven Cohn, 

State Director, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_MT_FRN_MO4540000223] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Western Montana Resource Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as follows. 

DATES: The RAC will meet virtually on 

January 14, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Mountain Time. The meeting will be 

open to the public. Attendees must 

register with the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least 7 business 

days prior to the meeting date. 

ADDRESSES: The final agenda and virtual 

participation instructions will be 

confirmed for the public via BLM online 

announcement, social media, on the 

RAC’s web page at https://

www.blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/montanadakotas/western-montana-rac, and 

through personal contact at least two 

weeks prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chelsea Lair, BLM Montana/Dakotas 

State Office, 106 N Parkmont, Butte, MT 

59701; telephone: (406) 876–0994; 

email: clair@blm.gov. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, blind, hard 

of hearing, or have a speech disability 

may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) 

to access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

language translation services, assistive 

listening devices, or other reasonable 

accommodations. We ask that you 

contact the person listed above at least 

14 business days prior to the meeting to 

give the Department of the Interior 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All reasonable accommodation requests 

are managed on a case-by-case basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RAC 

provides recommendations to the 

Secretary of the Interior concerning the 

planning and management of the public 

land resources located within the BLM’s 

Western Montana District. Agenda 

topics will include a discussion about 

the Tribal Partnership and Reserved 

Treaty Rights Program, updates from 

field managers, a public comment 

period at 3:30 p.m., and other resource 

management issues the RAC may raise. 

While the meeting is scheduled to 

conclude at 4 p.m., it may end earlier or 

later depending on the needs of RAC 

members. Therefore, members of the 

public interested in a specific agenda 

item or discussion should schedule 

their arrival accordingly. 

Written comments to the RAC can be 

emailed in advance to the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to speak and the time available, 

the amount of time for oral comments 

may be limited. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in written comments, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Detailed minutes for RAC meetings 

are maintained in the BLM Western 

Montana District Office. Minutes will 

also be posted to the RAC’s web page at: 


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